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Wow, this takes me back!
As I remember there were 2 types. one with multiple
heads, rather like a Wem/Watkins copy cat, ad the other had one playback head on
a mechanical slider. I owned the former but wanted the latter. With the moving
head one, you could play and speed up/slow down the echo - great
fun..
Anyway, the reason I had one was that there was
quite a long loop of tape in it as compared to the affore mentioned copy cat
which had a loop about a foot long. This meant that if you covered up the erase
head with a bit of cardboard you could achieve sound on sound long loop effects.
I remember my tape chewing up on the H/H unit and
making a new loop by splicing some 1/4 inch tape together. This worked but the
sound was different. The problem is that different analogue tapes have different
bias characteristics. Without knowing the specs of the original tape it would be
hard to match up your new tape. You'll end up with foggy or bright echoes - but
this might be good too!
So maybe you should experiment with different types
of 1/4 inch tape. And remember to clean and de-gauss the heads. Little bits of
oxide will get trapped in the heads and this will cause dropouts.
Have fun!
Gareth
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